March 7, 2007

7:30 AM - 8:00 AM

Level: Advanced

The convergence of media and information technology is developing a need for new concepts in information storage. The merged media future will still need the data we have seen for the last fifty years, but in addition there are requirements to store and retrieve new types of data, both structured and unstructured, dramatic increases in the volume of structured and unstructured data, uncontrolled data entry resulting in vast amounts of data of unknown quality and a new ability to mix data sources in a single information access. The new data storage system must understand the information framework that it manages and the context of the source and destination of information.

This presentation will examine the application of concepts of human understanding to electronic data storage systems. Both the theoretical aspects of computer understanding and practical applications of this new technology will be presented along with case studies of some initial efforts in this area.

Mr. Foley has more than thirty years of experience with the design, development and use of information technology. He has done extensive research and development in the area of information analysis and is the inventor of the associative database technology used by Synera. He has made numerous presentations including "BI or BS" in the BI 2000 business intelligence forum in Barcelona and "The SQL Shackles" at the BI Forum in Paris in 1999. He has had experience with information management in retail, banking, insurance, manufacturing, engineering, communications, transportation and other areas.

Career Highlights
Chief Architect, Illuminate Technologies Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Cirista Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Synera Research, development, installation and consulting in the use of relational database. Extensive experience in business analysis and related strategic information technology planning.